| Rank | Team | Reason |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Tennessee | Destroyed Arkansas |
| 2 | Auburn | Still the scariest team to defend |
| 3 | Iowa State | Class of Big 12 so far |
| 4 | Duke | Will they lose more than 2 ACC games? |
| 5 | Alabama | Gave OU a beatdown |
| 6 | Marquette | Quietly a top 6 team? |
| 7 | Kentucky | Classic game to kick off Saturday |
| 8 | Florida | No shame in losing a close one at Rupp |
| 9 | Texas A&M | Continue to win ugly |
| 10 | Houston | Still dominating in Big 12 conference play, albeit against the lower teams |
| 11 | Illinois | Two road wins in one week is a heck of a performance |
| 12 | Oregon | Still have a lot of quality wins |
| 13 | UConn | You can't play like that at home vs this year's PC |
| 14 | Kansas | home loss was...unexpected? |
| 15 | Mississippi State | SEC. Sheesh |
| 16 | Michigan State | Won at OSU. Nice work |
| 17 | Pitt | Can they give Duke a scare? |
| 18 | Purdue | Two dominating wins this week |
| 19 | Memphis | The roller coaster continues in dominating on the road, struggling at home |
| 20 | Gonzaga | Have to figure out their shooting from 3 |
| 21 | Utah State | You cowards should rank them |
| 22 | West Virginia | First win at AFH. Nice job. |
| 23 | Michigan | May appears to be an upgrade at HC |
| 24 | Wisconsin | Iowa did defend, right? |
| 25 | Nebraska | Welcome back to the rankings, Nebrasketball! |
Just missed: UCLA, Oklahoma, St. John's, Baylor, Ole Miss, Clemson, San Diego St